NHS's UK contact tracing app, scheduled for mid-May, has been postponed until June due to security issues.
UK contact tracing app postponed due to security issues
The NHS app has at least seven security flaws detected by security researchers Dr. Chris Culnane and Vanessa Teague. First, there is a lack of data encryption. A lack of data encryption allows user data to become accessible to the UK government outside of COVID-19-related purposes.
Next, security loopholes could allow hackers to intercept COVID-19 exposure notifications. Hackers could stop these notifications altogether or send...Read more ...